Quadding apparatus of typographical composing-machines.



H. PEARCE & J. ,E. BILLINGTON. QUADDING APPARATUS OF TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1,1909.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

H. PEARCE & J. E. BILLINGTON. QUADDING APPARATUS 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSANG MACHINES.

Patnted Apr. 25, 1911.

APPLICATION FILED NOY. 1,1909.

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H.-PEAR'GE 9 J. EIB 'I LLIN 'GTON. .QUADDING APPARATUS 0F TYPOGRAPHICAL COPQSING MACHINES.

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H. PEARCE & J. E. BILLINGTON. Y QUADDING APPARATUS OF TYPOGRAPHICAL GOMPOSING MACHINES.

I stra'r is ,IHEBBE'RT PEARCE ANDQJOVHN ERNEST BILLINGTON, or nnospnnarn, ENGLAND, v

.assmnons ,ro Lmo'rYrE AND v merrrrnsrur LrmrrEp, or ,Lpnnon, ENGLAND. 4

' QUAnDI G PPA AT orr-ryroonarmoan courosmo-rraonmris.

' -v .speeiiieation ofLettersJifatent. atented prs25, 1911;

," -ltpplicetionfilert November}, 13(19. "Serial No. -5 2 5 ,"717.

\Be it known that fwe, 'Hsnnnnr PEARCE andfJ oim Enxns'r Binmxorox, subjects ofthei King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir'eland,'-and residing at Lines type-and Machinery Works, Broadheath, m

the county of Chester,- England, havelin vented new and useful Improvements in the Quadding- Apparatus of Typographical ing is aspecification. I p "This invention relates to mprovements n Composing-Machines, of which the follow;

thequadding apparatus of typographical i, composing machines, and although it is spe:

daily applicable to the wellknown .linotype machine described in the specification of i LettersPatent- N 0...436,532in which con- -nection',,a-s a convenient example it: is hereinafter described 1t is to be understood that the invention is not limited to that particular application.

All -,quadd1ng apparatus asheretofore- .suggested or constructed has, so far as we are aware, necessitated some act. on the part of the operator, to make the said apparatus readyiforquadding, the performance of this .actcnusing a diversion of the, operators at:

releaser devices, the 'former endowed with a capacity for .automatically detecting whether or not quadding is necessary, and the latter for automatically causing the qnadding apparatus to efi'ect anysuch quad- (ling as may .be so found to'be necessary. I

- Quadd1ng apparatus capable of attaining this result may be constructed indiv'erse -ways, and that ben gsoitwill be under:

stood that-the invention is not -limited tothe' arranpement hereinafteixd escribed and illustrat ct in theaccon-ipanying drawings, which arrangement is given merely. as a-=on} en.-

' ieiit example.

. In these drawings which are to be taken as part of th1s spec1ficat1on and read therewith liiguiel is a front elevation ofquadding apparatus constructed according to the I present invention, with adjacent parts of a linotype machine represented in dot-anddash lines; F g 2-1s an elevation as seen is adj ustable l relativel shifter finger 2, accord cared to its upper end, a; horizontal r rying a rearwardly-extending lug ada'pted 105 -tobe moved into and out of the path ofa.

from the left-hand side lof Fig. 3 is 5 5 a plan ofiFig.v1-;:.an'd;Figs.' &, v. and (S are views respectively i substantially" similar to Figs l, 2 arid 3 showing parts 'ofthe apparatus in p ositionsdiffering from those in whichtheyare 'respectively shown in those vfigures; and-Figs? and 8 are respectively a -,front elevat onaud ajplan, show ng, on an enlarged scale," an alternative :or' modified construction of a art: ofyethe apparatus shown in the other: gures. r; V .65 .In the-linotypemachine as hitherto'con- I st-ructed, and, .as represented in the accompanying drawings, there are provided what are known as two 'line-shitter fingers 1,- 2,

the. function ofrwhichis to'transfer the as- 7o sembled or ,composed-- line ofmatr'ice's 3 and space bars-, 4= -fromtheassembler elevator 5c to the first. elevatorjfi, the said assembled line I being introducedz betweenthe shifter i-fingers- 1, 2,,b the ascent or the assembler 7 s elevator 5. "The left-liandfshifter finger 1, to the ri ht-hand ing to the length of line to becomposed, and, during the compo sition of the line, thel said finger-'1 is temporarilyilocked in its leftmost position at a distance-fromthe finger2 approximately 7 corresponding-to. this standard-length of line, the.,relcase iorr unlocking of the left-- hand shifter. finger 1 being effected by the.85i ascent of the assembler elevator 5. The compositionof a line movesfafline resistant 7 eftward toward the left-hand shifter fin- ,ger Land, when later, the said' finger-1 is 'released, 'it.isi-moiledrightward iip to the line 90' resistant 7, as'indicatec t by the arrow in Fig. 4,1fertlie purpose ofi-giving the necessary support to tlie inatrices after they shall have vbeen raised clear, andthereby been deprived of the support, of the lin'e resistant 7. c

- -According to. the specification of Letters l ;fi tent-,Q'-15 ,892,..t-he justmentioned release .of -the left-hand shiiter 'finger 1, is efiected by'means. of. a rod yerticallyflslidable on the front of the: matrix delivery channel, and .100

' .1-aised by ,a .spring and. depressed by a proj cation .or bracket fast to the assembler elevator, the saidvjrod having adjustabl secarstud on the left-hand shifter-finger.

panying drawings, devices similar tov those mentioned 1n the last preced ng-paragraph are employed, 8 representing the vertical rod I 12 the bracket fast to the assembler eletator 10 which, by. two-screws and slots 9, is held to the front of the -matrix delivery channel casting 10 soas to be vertically movable thereon, v 7 11 is the spring which raises the rod 8;

5, which, bybearing on the forwardly-pro- --je'cting. lower end -13"of the rod 8, depresses the latter; 14' the horizontal rod which, by

' fore mentioned detector According to the present invention, rightward travel of the detector 1, beyond a certain pre determined limit, as hereinafter more particularly explained, is caused to impart motion" to a releaser device which, in turn, efiects'the release of the quadding mechanism. I In the arrangement.illustrated, the

i releascr device comprises among. other'details, the horizontally adjustable rod let; a downwardly-extending bearing bracket 18 rigidly secured-to the right-hand end of the rod 14:; a short rock shaft 19 turnable in the bracket 18; an upwardly-projecting lever arm 20 fast to the rear end of the shaft 19, and a downwardly-projecting lever arm 21 fast to thefront end of thesaid shaft. The leverarni 201s so arranged that when the horizontallyadjustable rod 14, is raised to disengage its rearwardly-extending lug 16 from the stud 17 on the finger 1, it--the said armis moved into the rightward path of, and is struck by, the'said stud, with the result that the downwardly projecting arn'r 21 is swung-toward the left, as indicated in .Fig. 4.

Theleft-hand face of the arm 20 is situated at a known distance :fronrthe engaging V -or left-hand face of the lug 16, this distance depending more orless upon the length of' the composed line and the number of space bars 4 assumed to be inserted in such lme';

this arrangement of. the composed line is purely aniarbitrary matter and it is merely as a Jnatter of convenience that itis herein assuihed that the length-of line is five inches and the number of space bars 4 inserted in that line is fifteen. On the assumption that these fiftcen spacc bars are capable, of 'expanding theline nine-slxtecnths of an inch,

this is the distance or substantially the dis-- 'tance between the before-mentioned lefthand faces ofthe arm 20 andluglti-respectively. As, however, here nbe lore. stated, the said distance is dependent upon the length of the composed line and the number of'space bars 4 contained in such line, means may be provided whereby the said distance may bf increased or decreased to suit-"coniposed incs of various lengths and composition, for instance, as hereinafterexplained with reference to Figs. 7 and 8, the bearingbracket 18 may be adjustable so as to enable the rock shaft 19 to be moved laterally I near'erto and farther froin'the vertical plane containing the 'left hand'face'of the lug 16; in the beforementioned Letters Patent 945,892 there has been (lescribed'a means for efi'ecting the release of the right-hand visejaw, the. said means, among other devices,

( :on prising:(a a bolt (correspondingto 22 in the accompanying drawings) slidable forward and backward on the first elevator (3 and whichbolt effects thesaid release only when it is in its reari'nost position, and a latch (corresponding to 23 in the accompanying drawings) capable of retaining the bolt in'its foremost position, as when no quadding is necessary, audwhich latch engages a stud (22 fast to and projecting laterally from the bolt, and manuallydisengaged fr'un such studto allow the bolt to assume its rearmost position for effecting the quadding'.

In the specification of application-for Lettcrs Patent Serial Number 509843 there is described a means of cttecting the disengagement of the latch or detent (23) from the stud-(22) by aneans of a bar horizontally slidable on the front of the matrix.

delivery channel (.l0) and the right-hand end of which is acted upon .by a cam ona vertically movable .rod siniilar to the before-described rod 8; 'lhiscam serves to move the horizontally slidable bar leftward 'to' bring its left-hand end beneath. a rear-' ward extension oi? the latch- (23) so that,

at the next descent of the first elevator ((5),,

the latch is disengaged from the stud (22).

At the next el'isuing ascent of the first el e vator ((1) a cam surface on the just'men- .tioned rearward extension moves the hor.i--

zonta'lly slidable bar rightward to its nor mal position.

-\ccording to the presentiiiventiona horizonlally slidable bar 24, may be used (similarly to that before mentioned) for effect 'ing the disengagement of the latch or detcnt 23 from the stud 2L, thc's'aid latch,

for this purpose, being provided with the rearward extension 25 with which the bar 24- engages, and the saidbarinay be returned to its normal position (as in-' the be-' fore mentionedarrangement) by a cam 26 on the rear end-of t.he. latch extension 25, whichcam, during the ascontof thc-first elevator 6,'engages"with the curved end 27 of the bar 24, The bar 24 is slidably, held to the front of the casting '10 b'y-screw and slot connections 28. Unlike the former ar- 1 rangement however, the deft-ward, :qrnove- 'ment 'ofthe bar' 24 iswefi'ected-by'the right tw'a rd movenientgof-thei l-ine-shifterrfinger .11, forwhich purpose it isprje'ferr'ed to'provi'd'e' 5 the said lbar' with'a rightward =extensi'onr29 t ade ted normally to bear'ga'gainstzthe bear and being I made fastthereto-=- in -adjusted position by a screw 32 the r-stem of which 7 passes through the-1s1ot -33 of the =pa1't 3'0.

andscrews into the ba-r24. lnthe idrawr'.

V ings; the channel. piece 31 ,is represented as a secured, to the bar 243; by two screws 34,'--but this arrangement is adopted merely for "e0n-' 1120 venience of manufactureand maybesubstituted by one in-which the channel piece.

or the parallel membersthereof' is or are;

- integral with the bar:24.-

'The vertically movable rodr8 has j iivoted to it,-a.catehordetent 35 capable of'engag.

ing with a tooth 36 provided on the upperpart or edge of thebar:24 for-retaining the latter in 'itsright-most '-p0sit ion,--:;as shown in Figs 1-and 3. =A"-rib 37 o1'- other;

3o equivalent stop,"fast to the rod8," limits-the,

downward pivotal #rnoveinent' of the detent when the bar- 24 is moved to its ri ht-most position the said detent autoni'aticali y' efi'ects 35 engagement.with-the tooth 36, this engagement eeasing'when the "ascent of the rod8 raises the 'detent sufficiently, that:-is tosay', 'to the height in which itis represented -;in Fig; 4.- i

40 -The rod 8 is preferably provided-with:an

adjust-able stop 38- adaptet *to eoiitactwitlr the lower pa rt I offthe Yeast ing '10,?101" limit ing the upward movement [of the said to the 'extent'necessary for allowingf'the-stud -17 :to become (llSOTIgRgQJJfI'OID the lever arm 20 assoon as .the rock 'shiift 19 hasbcexi'f turned sufficiently to effect 3 the-full leftward movement ofthe bar-ee i '1 f "YVhen a line wl1icl1--has =bcen fco'inposed" and is theirsta-ndi-ng in the assembler ele'vah tort is ofstandard length -or approximately 7 so, the line resistant" 7--1s' in' 'contact with, or

- -c1ose' to the -left hand' =shifter finger 1,- 5 that,- when the elevator:- 5 :is -1aised' and,-in-

"consequence 1 thereof, :througlrthe spring. 1-131, rods 8- and-14,-'a1 '1d liig'l6;-'tl1e ;finger lus re 1 e-sno; rightward travel: at all, or-so" little as, in; its 7 capacity- "of 'det'ectora-to-havea no :eflect upon i the horizontaily sl idable 1:ba1'.:'-24.' Wiien,

however, 1 the "composed line-f falls slidrt gbf 1 the-' st-anda rd 'flength -'by-= an" :appreciable :-ex-" tent,- as shown,"'for exaniple in Eigs; 1 ::and: :4, the'- finger 1 has longerto travebb'e fore P it "reaches the line resistant 7 and by longer travl,-;-.and :throu gh the rreleaser dervices," -.-fiects i-the "release of the quaddmg I rniechanism,' t-he engagementaof the lug 17 T with the;. lever.-:-a'rm..20:eiteoting1the turninguo'fifth e :rro ckashaft 19 to an; extent sufficient RtO-I lliot eitheblllis i -leftward,-1as= indicated in I Fig. '34, :so 315118.? -when'. :the first elevator 6 next escendsi to present-f theycomposed line j rontof?the:castingzmold,zthelatch 23. vwil heidisengagedffrom the bolt 22, =whicl1,

through its I sprin g 139, -will .sbe projected "mar.ward= =and thereby caused: torrelease the "rightiwhand Vise :jaw: to enable 1 itto etieift the :neceSsary -quaddingmovement.

p 5111 jthe zbefore 1 inentioned adjustable de- :vices 'rcpresented '.i11} Figs' '7 and: 8, the bracket ,18, .instead o f: being rigidly secured .tdthez: r'od'. 14,;and-forn1ed integra l; with the :lug v16,: as in.- thebefore described example, visifitt'ed" to'the said red by neans of .a .colhroii-.;sleeve =40, formed, independently of the dug 5-16 which latter 2 is f itself'fdirectl y "rivetedbr otherwise:rigid-ly-attaehed'to the :endof-thesaid rod;

fThefsleeye .-:40.;-is' capable of \being .moved .alongthe rod, I L-so as to enable the before mentioned f distance between 1 the I left-hand facesof thearm. 2Q anda1u -1o to be varied flfo'r'.'theriqmrpose s' previously explained, and

when; fitsnposition on the 1 rod has-been (10*:

cideld uponi "it'L-inay' -bei secured in such p0si --ition byrmeans ofi-a pinching screw l. v .---I o1'4Ithe?,purpose.:ofidefining certain ele- {ments was ;-referre.d to in the -cl aims, the f qi'ladding mechanism properly speaking 10 comprises-the ;movable s'j aw A and the means "forsclosing it;in;:up0nthe: short line when in the casting positioinithese means being substantiallythe'same as those-set"forth in the" previously smentioned Letters Patent N0," 10: 845,892, sand spzr'rtizilly: represented herein,

. and iindicatedibyit-he :letter of reference A (see: Figs. E.1,".13, and 6 The. releasing mechanism or *releaser comprises the spring- 'actuated detentllkwhichholds-the jaw A in Mt its'-'llOl'IIltll.fiposltloll; the rodor; piece B Z which-motsuponfthe detent? B, and the pre- Y viously :idescribed ubolt; 22,1 inoimted and arranged--soathatin atheeventl of afull line be- :ing: "presented, 1:; itis' ,held. in-i'the. position-1 zsliowiniir'E-igifiandi'doesj-notactuate the rod b'ut":vin the==event of alsh'ort'- line being =presen'ted',"+1and' 'throu'gh the connections to- 'thei detector aslpreviously-rexplained, Y it as slimes'lt-he position-shown in. Fig.1 6, so ftha 1 'n1the furth er-iopera'tion of athe: machine it will1actiupxnniand idepressthe-rod -lif and .t-hus trip the :detent-B, permitting the jaw A to'EeIoserin:;1ipon?the short:line" presented to 2 11 t -'-\Ve fclann-:' z I 1.:r'In atypographicalcomposing finaehine, I. the combination:w-itlt1-quadding mechanism, bfadetecto'rzadapted'to autoinatieallydeteetwhether or. not quadding is necessary, and n the combination with and a releaser adapted to retain-the jquadding mechanism releaser I adapted to retain the quadding inechanisni out'ofoperation and to auto found to be necessary. i

2. In a typographical composing machine, quaddnig mechanism, ofua detector=adaptedto automatically dc: teet whether or not quadding is necessary, cooperating with the detector inatically release it when quadding is so out. of operation and adapted by the said coiiperation to automatically release thequadding mechanism "when quadding is so found to be necessary.

In a'typographical composing machine,

' the-combination vwith quadding mechanism andwith the left-hand line shifter finger, of

a rcleaser cooperating, with the. said finger adapted to retain the quaddingmechanism out of operation and adapted by the said cooperation to release the quadding mechanism;

t. Ina typographical composing machine,

thecon'ibination with quadding mechanism and with the left-hand l ne shifter finger, of

a releaser-coiiperating withthe'said finger adapted to retain the quaddmg mechanism 1 out of operation and adapted by the rightwardmovement ofsuch finger to release the operation, 1013 a detector niatically detect whether or not quadding is quadding mechanism, 1

' 5. Ina typographical composing machine, the combination with quaddiiig mechanism having a detent adaptedto retain it out of adapted to autonccessary, and devices opcrati'i'ely connecting the detector and detcnt, and adapted to automatically release the detent when the detector detects the necessity for quadding.

6. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with quadding mechanism having a detent adapted to retain it out of operation, and. an ad ustable bar adapted in; one'positlon to releasethe.

I detent of a detector adapted to automat cally detect whether or notquaddingis necessary, and

devices operatively connecting thedetector and the adjustable bar, and adapted to move" the latter into its detcnt-releasing position mthe combination of quadding,'mcclianisin" when the detector detects the neeessity. for

ouaddiiig. g r 7. In a typographical composingmachine,

having a. detei' tadapted' to' retain it out of,

operation, an adjustable bar adapted in one position to releasethe detent, a' movable de-' teeter the exten ofwhose movement in one direction'servostoxindicate Whether or: qnadding'is nece sary, andldevices op tively connecting. the detector and f the adjustable bar, and adapted .to move the latter' oppositely to the detector, into its}; detent-' the necessity for quadding.

8. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of quaddmg mechanism releasing position when the-detector detects hai ing a detent adapted to" retain it out of operation, an adjustable extensible ar adapted, in one position, to release titanic inatieally detect whether or not quadding is necessary, a stop adapted to arrest the de-' tent, a movable detector adapted to auto-:

tector, means operatively connected .with. the

fector, and lever devices operatively con nected with the stop and adapted to be moved by the detector and to 'movethe bar into its defiant-releasing position; j

9; In a typogra'phical composing machine,

the combination with qnadding mechanism having a detent adapted to retain itout of operation, of an adjustable bar adapted, in

one position, to release the detent, a movable detector adapted to automatically 'detect stop adapted todisengage it from the de whether or-not quadding is necessary, astop &

adapted to arrest the detector, means, ope'i'atively .connected with the stop adapted to disengage it from the detector, lever devices operatively connected with the stop and adapted to be moved by the detector and to move the bar into its dctent-releasing podetent operatively connected with the aforesaid means adapted to engage the tooth, to retain the bar in position.

. 10. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with quadding meoh sition, a tooth on the adjnstablebar, and a anism having a detent adapted toretain it outof operation, ot a movable bar adapted, in one position, to release the detent, a movabledetcctor adapted to automatically detect' whether 'or. not qnadding is necessary, e

11. In a typographical comosing ,milichine, the combination with qua ding mechanism having a detent adaptedto'reta-in it out of operation, of a movable bar adapted, in one position, to release the detent,- a movable detector adaptcd'to automaticallyxde- -tect whether or" not qnadding necessar a'stud fast to the detector, a stop-inova'b e means adapted to adjust the rockshaftrelatively'to the stop, and lever arms on.the

into and out of the path of the-stud,"a--rock shaft operativelyconnected with the stop,

shaft, adapted one to be-struckby the stud,

"lent-releasing position. f.

j'chine, the combination with qua ding mechanism having a detent adapted to retain it 12. In a; typographical com osing ma-' .=d the other,to,-move the ba'rjinto' de out of-opcration, of 'amovable bar adapted, -v

able detector adapted to. automatically deteet whether or, not quadding'is necessary,

in one position, to release the detent,'a movastud fast to the detector, astop movable into and out of the path of the stud, a rod fast to the stop, a bracket adjustable on the rod, arock shaft turnable in the bracket, lever; arms on theshaft, one of which is adapted to be struck by'the stud, and-an extension operatively connected with the movable bar, adapted to be moved by the other lever arm.

13. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with quadding mechanism having a detent adapted to retain it out of operation, of a movable bar adapted, in one position, to release the detent, a movable detector adapted to automatically detect whether or not quadding is necessar a stud fast to the detector, a stop movab e into and out of the path of the stud, a, rod fast to the stop, a bracket adjustable on-the rod, a rock shaft turnable in the bracket, lever arms on the shaft, one of which is adapted to be 'struckby the stud, an exten-l sion adjustable on the movable bar, adapted tobe moved by the other lever arm, a tooth on the movable bar, and a detent' operatively connected with the rod, adapted to engage chine, the combination with quadding' mechanism and assembling devices, of automatic means for detecting a shortness 1n the line during assemblage and for throwing the .quadding mechanism into and out of action.

17. In atypographical composing 'machine, the combination with quadding mechanism and assembling devices, of automatic means for detecting a shortness in the line during assemblage and connectionstherefromfor controlling the action of the quadding mechanism. 1

18. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of a movable vise jaw, and independent automatic means for detectin a shortness in the line and for control ing the movements of the Vise jaw.

19. Ina typographical composing machine, the combination of a movable vise jaw, and independent automatic means for detecting a shortness in the line and connections therefrom to control the movements of the vise jaw.

20. In a typographical composing machine, the combination of quadding mechanism comprising a movable vise jaw, and assembling devices, with automatic means for detecting a shortness in the line during assemblage and forcontrolling the movements of the vise jaw.

21.. Ina typographical composing machine,-the combination-of quadding mechanism comprising a movable jaw, and assembling devices, with automaticmeans .for de-' tecting a shortness in the line during assem- 'blage and connections therefrom for controlling the movements of the vise jaw. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of'two witnesses.

HERBERT PEARCE. JOHN nnnnsr BILLINGTON.

Witnesses ROBERT Bmees, HAROLD SOUTHWORTH. 

